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Author:

Marchi, Regina M., 1965-

Title:

Day of the Dead in the USA : the migration and transformation of a cultural phenomenon / Regina M. Marchi.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 192 p., [12] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

All Souls' Day--United States.
United States--Social life and customs.
United States--Religious life and customs.
Soziokultureller Wandel.
Allerseelen.
USA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-184) and index.

Contents:

An ancient and modern festival -- Mexico's special relationship with Day of the Dead -- Day of the Dead in the United States -- Ritual communication and community building -- U.S. Day of the Dead as political communication : a moral economy -- Day of the Dead in the U.S. media : the celebration goes mainstream -- The expanding hybridity of an already hybrid tradition -- The commoditization of a death ritual.

Series:

Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States

ISBN:

0813545587 (pbk.)
9780813545585 (pbk.)
0813545579 (hardcover)
9780813545578 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)258328670

LCCN:

2008040064

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)